The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-21


I4rchbishops, B. POPE LEO XIII
bishops and TOO priests. and these represented
come 100000 Catholics. who support : 900
PRIESTS 5000 churches. 3 900 chapels 81 eccle-
N4-'le4l semuaries 200 colleges 800 hospi-
HI. and asylums and $500 parochIal schools.
DO which nearly 500 600 children were taught
These figures VIII explain why the pope
aa., an interest Do America He has
.urH.rrea,ou n the fact that it wa, tne
American minister at Rome Mr. Astor. who
1y h- intervention saved the splendid Amer
cau College of the Propaganda az Rome
/ from ronf,rati0n hy the Italian government
+ 1880 years ago
I Archbishop Cougan. Of New York. has
llr.alt o.mmi,si0ned Dr. Mcdonnell. his
private secretary - represent him at the
jubilee Bishop Loughln. Of Brooklyn the
senior bishop of the American Catholic
humn, NlI with many other bishops, at-
icni fu person, and there viii be priests aud
'u,mau delegated from every diocese boz toe
country o. carry gitts and testimonials Of All
.ilI- as well as copies Of every Catholic
hO Is AND newspaper of consequence m Amer
..i o. present to the pope
tle present jubilee is intended % DO az
.i by none but good feeling When che
lu.en. jubilee was celebrated the pope or.
.er0l mls-e. 90 be celebrated throughout
El- .NI ia honor 0f the event /, is DO the
saa.. eallt tAlt Dee hopes bis own celebration
lo o. Viewed
is tew months more than tn yea.s
-n. lo,a Plus 7 x celebrated bis Jubilee uu- .
.el Fry different circumstances BE was
FerF near tl The end of a reign longer than /
.aat ., anf previous pope and quite as tenn
le-fu0u. ie had been but recently shom VI /
bis temporal power and he made the Jubilee .
,.. tae occasion ~ issuing "a pastoral letter
n NIB. subject SO bitter as 90 arouse all Eu. /
Io.. lt was but few months later when /.
he d..i
50 taa time of his death the Vatican Wa .
d. 'ar alta almost every European power.
1n4 Huen after "a tw0 DAYS contest in the
.alt ll- ui 1865, DO was announced that the
l.-- DID,. cardinals had ele ted Joachim Vim
f.e.I t. succeed Pho Mono the knowing
o..- os their head, a tall. slender
-Fe., l.aei Italian he bad been paual nun.
lI f0 ul aAi had ruled in the sees Of
Sauef,0 aad Perug.a H. had been fairly
-gc.s fa. i8 these posts. and that was about
ali ta.t could Boa said Of him
Ine.lt pale faced. seemingly fraa man
noR r.t.d 1y Catholics as among the great
-t NJ t.. poper. n whom bee is the 2G0th It
b. Intended De- -le coming jubilee t0 d0 mu
honor t0 Pope Le0s achievements, which
have all n.en accomplished in Jess than TEN
years
Ihey moy ue summed up briefly. although
...r results Lage unquesti0naby placed tha
a.loI- church in "a better position than 70
DO, le.d ion generations. besides bringing
b,ut much better and fuller understand
us between Catholics and nou-C Catholics
Pope Le9 found the Vatican al war with
Bismarck and fhe bishops " Germany were
.ug iars.ni hy the famous FAX laws The
'a.s laws are uD" practically abolished and
irmmrb all fle pope are friends The e
i.e.a and la.u .muche, 0f the church were
-luu- lae incoming pope settled that
ie crushed .ut the reactl0uaiy spirit IN
,ome He bias even gone far toward con-ii
fag tue Italian government He arb.tlated
boz di,I ute between Germany and Spain over
.a Caroline Island. lie i- 0n better term. e.
ltn Hll Europe than amy other modern pope
ls Oeeu bF meaus Of tAe late pienarr
luu.i le la- thoroughly re0rgauzed tie
atAolr rhlr.A A America. and besides ha, d.
lpmyal plan, fora national Catholic uni
ni,y I'd, Washington that is t0cost s3.00OOOO u
900 compare fafombiy with amy m Europe
hese are bis more important acts, and
Though tle pope is 81 years old aud frail in
lI-u. Dee D, SOD. Wtring
Tine pope is reported AS being extremely ei
ixiou- That tine Jubilee should bee iu every
u>. magnificent affair. There are more !,
5000 l. NNN NlN Catholics under his rule and |